diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5a74549..9ac5756 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ def run(self):
       ],
       install_requires=[
           "thrift>=0.10",
-          "argparse>=1.1",
           "future",
       ],
       extras_require={